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• Barbara van Maele, Zwevezele, Belgium († 1876)
• Aart,Geurtse Asch van, Ravenswaaij ( Gelderland ) († 1847)
• Amédée Alexandre Denis de Parseval, Paris († 1878)
• Allen Holliday († 1850)
• Cornelis Johannes van HEUSDEN (van Heusen), Zevenbergen,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND († 1821)
• Corstiaan van der Valk, Berkel († 1863)
• Cornelis van Heusen, Zevenbergen
• Auke Riemers de Vries, Piaam († 1865)
• Maria (Marie) Francisca (Francoise) Baert, Koewacht († 1861)
• Anna Catharina Peeters, Morkhoven, Herentals, België († 1867)

• Aaltjen Kouwenhoven (74), Maassluis
• Henry Hocken (74), Michaelstow, Cornwall, England
• Hillebrandus (Hildebrant) Janssonius (71), Veendam
• Cornelia Van Gestel, Loenhout
• Hans George DELP (71), Franconia
• Christina Engelen (26)
• Catharina Fonteijne
• Albert Touwen (54), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Daniel Beinbrech (56), Grindstone, Hill,Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Egidius Sarens (37), Baasrode, Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen, België

• 1725 » Étienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist († 1810)
• 1792 » Christian Gmelin, German chemist and pharmacist († 1860)
• 1798 » Pedro I, emperor of Brazil († 1834)
• 1801 » Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss lawyer and politician, 5th President of the Swiss Confederation († 1873)
• 1815 » William J. Hardee, American general († 1873)
• 1838 » George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland († 1905)
• 1840 » Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress († 1909)
• 1855 » Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic († 1922)
• 1860 » Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American engineer and businessman, co-invented the gyrocompass († 1930)
• 1864 » Kamini Roy, British India's first female graduate, Bengali poet, social activist, and feminist writer († 1933)

• 1685 » Christoph Ignaz Abele, Austrian lawyer and jurist (b. 1628)
• 1730 » Frederick IV, king of Denmark and Norway (b. 1671)
• 1758 » Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, Irish field marshal and politician (b. 1680)
• 1812 » Juan José Castelli, Argentinian lawyer and politician (b. 1764)
• 1845 » Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, Quaker and philanthropist (b. 1780)
• 1858 » Hiroshige, Japanese painter (b. 1797)
• 1870 » Robert E. Lee, American general (b. 1807)
• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827)
• 1896 » Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish lawyer and politician, 9th Council President of Denmark (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Calvin Fairbank, American minister and activist (b. 1816)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Hendrik
4. Pieter
5. Cornelis
6. Joannes
7. Willem
8. Jacob
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Klaas
14. Jean
15. Adrianus
16. John

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Catharina
6. Trijntje
7. Marie
8. Joanna
9. Elisabeth
10. Neeltje
11. Grietje
12. Adriana
13. Antje
14. Aaltje
15. Elizabeth
16. Janna

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• April 1 » In New York City, the United States House of Representatives achieves its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first Speaker.
• April 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
• September 11 » Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
• September 22 » Battle of Rymnik: Alexander Suvorov's Russian and allied army defeats superior Ottoman Empire forces.
• September 29 » The 1st United States Congress adjourns.
• October 6 » French Revolution: King Louis XVI is forced to change his residence from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace.

The temperature on October 12, 1789 was about 10.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.